With turkey season upon us, my dance card is full. Otherwise, I’d answer the pleas of the Indian consulate and take care of this man-eating tiger, much like Michael Douglas hunted the killer lions in The Ghost and the Darkness…wait, that didn’t end well for Michael Douglas…

Ahhh, this is a terrifying story. A rogue tiger on the boundaries of the Jim Corbett National Park has been picking off villagers.

“‘The cattle came back without him,’ says Vicky Singh, remembering the day his grandfather disappeared while grazing their water buffalo. Lal Singh, 65, was the tiger’s last confirmed victim.

‘Next morning I found his red and yellow turban, and then his legs and other body parts. I just collapsed.'”

With the natives too afraid to work and live – rightfully so – a pair of sporthunters have been attempting to track and kill the beast. But they aren’t alone. The government has been using drones to try to locate the tiger. Amateur hunters have tried baiting the cat while others take to the hunt on elephant-back.

FYI – Jim Corbett was one of the last famed tiger hunters. As a younger man, I remember reading his exploits – this story belongs right in there.

“Another surprise is what looks like an indecisive appetite. ‘It’s only eating soft parts like the stomach and genitalia, not the whole body,” he says. ‘It doesn’t seem able to bite hard flesh or bone effectively.’

That may be a sign the animal is wounded or can’t use its jaws properly. It may also be why it has turned on humans – much easier to catch, says Mr Dasgupta, than its usual prey of deer or other wild animals.

But if the tiger is still alive, he is sure ‘it will kill again. The tiger has got the taste of human flesh now.'”

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